1500 Light Years by Lance Olsen & Darmin De'flern with Paul DeSmidt, Jazz, Space Jazz.

1500 Light Years
Bass, Guitars, Synths, and fx
by Lance Olsen
Synths Darmin De'flern
With Paul Desmidt on drums
Videos by Various artists from www.pexels.com
Video edited, titles and subtitles by Darmin De'flern

I met Lance Olsen on Top Ten Promotions and Lance very kindly suggested we collaborate on some projects of which this is a first.

I was taken aback by this track as the bass line was complex jazz piece which I have no experience with. I showed Lance my early progress he was pleased with the result so I created a layer or three synth lines before sending the track back to Lance for final production. This was the result I am very very happy that I finally cracked the Jazz Genre.

I used the Akai MPC Live 2 for all three synth lines.

Before I sign off I was really very happy that I found the videos I did from pexels.com. Some of the lyrics are pattern based not linear but the videos allowed me to put those lyrics in context.

I am dislexic and I wanted to write the lyrics in a way that made sense to me but might be confusing to other people. I might do a video to interpret the lyrics the way I see them one day soon.

I wanted the computer to be confused, frustrated then machine like and logical. I wanted the AI hacker to be hyper to bounce around with his thoughts his panic and terror to build and his frustration of riding a tiger he cant get off.

I wanted to do this by using the Lyrics in a particular way and also sound good to the hear. The sentence might not make sense in and of itself but as a pattern and in context it would with other lyrics.

Finally I wanted the lyrics and the video to convey a sense of panic amongst the humans reacting to the AI as they realize just what its up to.

My last three songs are an allegory of what is happening in the world today and my feelings about them. However it is not for me to interperate that message but for you the viewer to do so yourself.

Equipment used:

Akai MPC Live 2
Sennheiser e835s Mic
Ltd B-254 four string bass
Davinci Resolve 15 (free edition)